Portrait of Charles Schlin, half-length, in a blue coat, his left hand resting on a table with Thomas Rutherforth's Natural Philosophy, Vols. I & II (Cambridge, 1748)

Irish School, 18th Century
Portrait of Charles Schlin, half-length, in a blue coat, his left hand resting on a table with Thomas Rutherforth's Natural Philosophy, Vols. I & II (Cambridge, 1748)
with inscription '1746 Charles Schlin of Thomastown Portaway [?] He was the eldest son of John Schlin of Thomastown, died 22nd June 1817 [?]' (on an old hand-written label on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
46¼ x 36 in. (116.8 x 91.8 cm.)